Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
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He had always been a Democrat. He now re- garded himself as properly the leader of the Demo- cratic party; and of course he still aimed at the high office which he had twice missed. 1 With this object in view, he had gone very far to retain his hold upon the South. He told Southerners that by his happy theory of "popular sovereignty'* he had educated the public mind, and accomplished the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. When the Dred Scott decision took the life out of his "popular sovereignt...y ," he showed his wonted read- iness in adapting himself to the situation. To the triumphant South he graciously admitted the final- ity of a decision which sustained the most extreme Southern doctrine. To the perturbed and indig- nant North he said cheeringly that the decision was of no practical consequence whatsoever! For every one knew" that slavery could not exist in any community without the aid of friendly legisla- tion ; and if any anti-slavery community should by its anti-slavery legislature withhold this essential friendly legislation, then slavery in that State 1 For a good sketch of Douglas, see Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, i.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
He had always been a Democrat. He now re- garded himself as properly the leader of the Demo- cratic party; and of course he still aimed at the high office which he had twice missed. 1 With this object in view, he had gone very far to retain his hold upon the South. He told Southerners that by his happy theory of "popular sovereignty'* he had educated the public mind, and accomplished the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. When the Dred Scott decision took the life out of his "popular sovereignt...y ," he showed his wonted read- iness in adapting himself to the situation. To the triumphant South he graciously admitted the final- ity of a decision which sustained the most extreme Southern doctrine. To the perturbed and indig- nant North he said cheeringly that the decision was of no practical consequence whatsoever! For every one knew" that slavery could not exist in any community without the aid of friendly legisla- tion ; and if any anti-slavery community should by its anti-slavery legislature withhold this essential friendly legislation, then slavery in that State 1 For a good sketch of Douglas, see Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, i.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Morse, John Torrey, 1840-1937 to read onlineMoreLess
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